It is important to know that when
you operate as a sole proprietor, your personal assets may be at risk if your company gets sued.
While business credit card applications will ask for your company's Employer Identification Number (EIN), you won't have one if you are
operating as a sole proprietor.
This fictitious name may need to be registered in the state even if the breeder is
operating as a sole proprietor and not a corporation.
If you're
operating as a sole proprietor or an LLC and creating ordinary income from operations (i.e. sales of services or products), all of your net income will be subject to FICA / SE tax.
As I see it, his exposure in this circumstance is the same as the landlord
operating as a sole proprietor.
Not exact matches
My business is not registered
as a corporate entity though, I
operate as a
sole -
proprietor.
If you
operate a business
as a
sole proprietor, you must attach a Schedule C to separately report your business earnings and deductions.
(We're assuming you
operate as an unincorporated
sole proprietor reporting your business earnings to the IRS on Schedule C.
You may need a DBA to
operate your business under a unique name
as a
sole proprietor, partnership or corporation.
If you do choose to
operate as a
sole trade a.k.a. a
sole proprietor, it is usually still possible to register a «trade name» for the business colloquially called a «dba» for «doing business
as», for the business.
There really is no tax difference between
operating individually,
as a
sole proprietor (same thing) and
as an LLC.